# 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain

The 2012 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, also known as the 2012 FIM Fogo British Speedway Grand Prix for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth race of the 2012 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on 25 August at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
The Grand Prix was won by Chris Holder who beat Krzysztof Kasprzak, Antonio Lindbäck and Fredrik Lindgren in the final. 1950 and 1953 World Champion Freddie Williams, Wales' only Speedway World Champion, presented the winners trophy to Holder.

## Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Scott Nicholls as Wild Card, and Ben Barker and Craig Cook both as Track Reserves. Injured Craig Cook (carpus broken) was replaced by Josh Auty. Injured Jarosław Hampel and Kenneth Bjerre was replaced by first and second Qualified Substitutes, Martin Vaculík and Krzysztof Kasprzak. The draw was made on 24 August.
    (3) Jarosław Hampel → (19) Martin Vaculík
    (7) Kenneth Bjerre → (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak
    (18) Craig Cook → (18) Josh Auty

## Heat details

| Placing | Draw | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 1 | 8 | (8) Chris Holder | 23 | | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | 14 | 1 | 3 | | 3 |
| 2 | 3 | (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 13 | 0 | | | | | | 3 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | 7 | 8 | | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | (12) Antonio Lindbäck | 12 | 3 | | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | 8 | 7 | 2 | | 1 |
| 4 | 16 | (9) Fredrik Lindgren | 12 | | | | 0 | | | | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | 9 | 5 | | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | 4 | (6) Emil Sayfutdinov | 12 | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 3 | 11 | 3 | | 1 | |
| 6 | 6 | (10) Nicki Pedersen | 11 | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | | | 3 | | 11 | 2 | | 0 | |
| 7 | 14 | (15) Hans N. Andersen | 10 | | | | 3 | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | R | 10 | 4 | 0 | | |
| 8 | 7 | (5) Tomasz Gollob | 10 | | 0 | | | | | 1 | | | | | 3 | 3 | | | | | 2 | | | 9 | 6 | 1 | | |
| 9 | 11 | (19) Martin Vaculík | 7 | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | 0 | | | | | 0 | | | | | | 2 | 7 | 9 | | | |
| 10 | 1 | (1) Greg Hancock | 7 | 2 | | | | 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | R | | | | 7 | 10 | | | |
| 11 | 13 | (16) Scott Nicholls | 7 | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 7 | 11 | | | |
| 12 | 5 | (2) Andreas Jonsson | 6 | | 1 | | | 1 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 0 | | | | | 1 | 6 | 12 | | | |
| 13 | 15 | (11) Chris Harris | 6 | | | | 1 | | | 0 | | | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | 6 | 13 | | | |
| 14 | 10 | (4) Jason Crump | 6 | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | | | | X | | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 6 | 14 | | | |
| 15 | 9 | (13) Bjarne Pedersen | 2 | | | 1 | | 0 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 0 | | 0 | | | 2 | 15 | | | |
| 16 | 12 | (14) Peter Ljung | 0 | | | 0 | | | | | 0 | | 0 | | | 0 | | | | | | 0 | | 0 | 16 | | | |
| 17 | 17 | (17) Ben Barker | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 17 | | | |
| 18 | 18 | (18) Josh Auty | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 18 | | | |
| Placing | Draw | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 | 22 | 23 |
e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats) Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats) Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals
| gate A – inside | gate B | gate C | gate D – outside |

### Heat after heat

* (55,2) Lindbäck, Hancock, Sayfutdinov, Kasprzak
* (54,3) N.Pedersen, Holder, Jonsson, Gollob
* (54,6) Vaculík, Crump, B.Pedersen, Ljung
* (55,3) Andersen, Nicholls, Harris, Lindgren
* (54,9) Hancock, Nicholls, Jonsson, B.Pedersen
* (55,2) Andersen, Crump, N.Pedersen, Lindbäck
* (55,6) Kasprzak, Vaculík, Gollob, Harris
* (55,9) Holder, Sayfutdinov, Lindgren, Ljung
* (56,2) N.Pedersen, Lindgren, Hancock, Vaculík
* (56,1) Jonsson, Lindbäck, Harris, Ljung
* (56,2) Holder, Andersen, B.Pedersen, Kasprzak
* (56,3) Gollob, Sayfutdinov, Nicholls, Crump (X)
* (55,6) Gollob, Andersen, Hancock, Ljung
* (55,3) Holder, Lindbäck, Nicholls, Vaculík
* (55,7) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Crump, Jonsson
* (55,8) Sayfutdinov, Harris, N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen
* (55,5) Holder, Harris, Crump, Hancock (R)
* (55,9) Lindgren, Gollob, Lindbäck, B.Pedersen
* (56,3) N.Pedersen, Kasprzak, Nicholls, Ljung
* (56,2) Sayfutdinov, Vaculík, Jonsson, Andersen (R)
    Semifinals
* (55,5) Holder, Lindbäck, Gollob, Andersen
* (55,9) Lindgren, Kasprzak, Sayfutdinov, N.Pedersen
    the Final
* (55,7) Holder, Kasprzak, Lindbäck, Lindgren

## The intermediate classification

* Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
* Full-time Grand Prix rider
* Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve
| Pos. | Rider | Points | NZL | EUR | CZE | SWE | DEN | POL | CRO | ITA | GBR | SCA | NOR | PL2 |
| 1 | (1) Greg Hancock | 118 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 7 | | | |
| 2 | (8) Chris Holder | 117 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 23 | | | |
| 3 | (10) Nicki Pedersen | 112 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 11 | | | |
| 4 | (4) Jason Crump | 103 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 6 | | | |
| 5 | (6) Emil Sayfutdinov | 96 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 12 | | | |
| 6 | (5) Tomasz Gollob | 93 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 10 | | | |
| 7 | (9) Fredrik Lindgren | 89 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 12 | | | |
| 8 | (2) Andreas Jonsson | 76 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 6 | | | |
| 9 | (12) Antonio Lindbäck | 74 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 12 | | | |
| 10 | (15) Hans N. Andersen | 53 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 10 | | | |
| 11 | (11) Chris Harris | 52 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | | | |
| 12 | (19) Martin Vaculík | 49 | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 8 | 14 | 7 | | | |
| 13 | (3) Jarosław Hampel | 46 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 7 | ns | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 14 | (14) Peter Ljung | 44 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | | | |
| 15 | (13) Bjarne Pedersen | 43 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | | | |
| 16 | (7) Kenneth Bjerre | 41 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | – | | | |
| 17 | (16) Bartosz Zmarzlik | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | – | – | – | | | |
| 18 | (20) Krzysztof Kasprzak | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | | | |
| 19 | (16) Jurica Pavlic | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – | – | | | |
| 20 | (16) Thomas H. Jonasson | 11 | – | – | – | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 21 | (16) Josef Franc | 9 | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 22 | (16)(18) Przemysław Pawlicki | 7 | – | 7 | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | | | |
| 23 | (16) Michael Jepsen Jensen | 7 | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 24 | (16) Scott Nicholls | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | | | |
| 25 | (18) Mikkel B. Jensen | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 26 | (16) Nicolas Covatti | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | | | |
| 27 | (17) Peter Kildemand | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 28 | (16) Jason Bunyan | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 29 | (17) Václav Milík, Jr. | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 30 | (17) Dino Kovacic | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | | | |
| Rider(s) not classified |||||||||||||||
| | (17) Grant Tregoning | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| | (18) Sean Mason | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| | (17) Tobiasz Musielak | — | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| | (18) Matěj Kůs | — | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| | (17) Linus Sundström | — | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| | (18) Simon Gustafsson | — | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| | (18) Przemysław Pawlicki | — | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | | | |
| | (18) Samo Kukovica | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | | | |
| | (17) Michele Paco Castagna | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | | | |
| | (18) Nicolas Vicentin | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | | | |
| | (17) Ben Barker | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | | | |
| | (18) Josh Auty | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | | | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | NZL | EUR | CZE | SWE | DEN | POL | CRO | ITA | GBR | SCA | NOR | PL2 |